Web Exploit Found That Customizes Attack For Windows, Mac, and Linux

phaedrus5001 writes with this quote from Ars: "Security researchers have found a live Web exploit that detects if the target is running Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux and drops a different trojan for each platform. The attack was spotted by researchers from antivirus provider F-Secure on a Columbian transport website, presumably after third-party attackers compromised it. The unidentified site then displayed a signed Java applet that checked if the user's computer is running Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux. Based on the outcome, the attack then downloads the appropriate files for each platform."

Columbian transport website?

[Kenja]

Is that where the "domestic pharmaceutical procurement facilitators" meet?

Blah

[mystikkman]

When are the malware writers going to support BSD?

if (linux)

[Ynot_82]

if(linux) { exec 'su - root' || die 'shit, I had to try something...'; }

Finally some multi-platform support

[GameboyRMH]

Now if only the major business software companies were this considerate...

Malware for Linux?

[Anonymous Coward]

The year of the Linux desktop has arrived!

very convincing

[Cyko_01]

On linux you need to download the source code from the repository and compile it yourself